Not true, Vassell has a very average scoring record (about one in 5 games) compared to one in 3 for Crouch. No reason he should even be close to the England squad.
Arf, come on Ben!
You can’t make comparisons between performances in the Championship and Premiership, include cup competitions and expect to make any sort of credible comparison between the two.
Vassell: 37 top flight goals in 117 Premier League starts.
Crouch: 18 top flight goals in 70 Premier League Starts.
Total Top Flight Goals-Per-Game Ratio Vassell = 0.32
Crouch = 0.25
* Discounting sub appearances where both players have close to identical ratios.
International CapsVassell 22 – 6 Goals
Crouch 2 – 0 Goals
Don’t get me wrong Vassell is no great but by comparison Crouch makes him look like he’ll be doing erectile dysfunction adverts in forty years.
You only had to have seen both play in the same Villa side to have a basic comprehension of who was the better player!
As I said Vassell is certainly no great but while he may be conspicuous by his absence a lot of the time it beats being conspicuous by his presence.
What’s the deal with Crouch anyway?
He’s equivalent to Ricketts in terms of performance/stats etc and while I have said before he had a storming last season with Southampton by far the majority of his top flight his performances have been average at best.